Where: Quebec, Canada (49.6° N, 63.2° W: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 36.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Merrimack Formation, Rhuddanian (443.4 - 440.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: H. Nestor, P. Copper, and C. Stock. 2010. Late Ordovician and Early Silurian stromatoporoid sponges from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada: Crossing the O/S mass extinction boundary 1-163 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 113143: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.07.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Stromatoporoidea | |
Forolinia cf. lineata Nestor 1964 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Desmidodictyon exoticum Nestor et al. 2010 stromatoporoid sponge
Ecclimadictyon microvesiculosum Riabinin 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Ecclimadictyon nikitini Riabinin 1951 stromatoporoid sponge |